Unistellar vs EXPLORE scientific
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unistellar
Control your smart telescope, explore thousands of celestial objects, and observe them live. Save and share your discoveries, or contribute to real scientific research with citizen science missions.
- Telescope control
- Explore 5000+ celestial objects
- Live astronomical observation
- Instant image sharing
- RAW image download
- Citizen science missions
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The Unistellar App is your command center for all Unistellar telescopes, designed to help astronomers explore the cosmos with ease. 1. Control your telescope: align, point, and operate your smart telescope directly from the App. 2. Explore 5000 celestial objects: galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, planets, Moon, Sun, comets, and asteroids. 3. Observe live: see your target appear within seconds, with more details and colors revealed as the signal accumulates. 4. Share instantly: save your images as PNGs and share them in one click. 5. Go pro: download RAW images for advanced post-processing. 6. Join citizen science missions: contribute to real research with NASA and SETI—track asteroids, detect exoplanets, and more.
EXPLORE scientific
This application provides professional scientific instruments and resources to inspire exploration and broaden understanding of scientific wonders. It aims to make scientific discoveries accessible to everyone, encouraging a deeper engagement with the world around us.
- Professional scientific instruments
- Educational resources
- Inspires spirit of exploration
- Experience scientific miracles
- Broaden cognitive boundaries
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Explore Scientific is committed to providing professional scientific instruments and resources, inspiring the spirit of exploration, allowing everyone to experience scientific miracles and broaden their cognitive boundaries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unistellar at 45% against EXPLORE scientific's 0%. Unistellar also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (100 vs 1). EXPLORE scientific's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Unistellar holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unistellar has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Unistellar's written reviews are positive against 0% of EXPLORE scientific's.
Unistellar ships an update every 6 weeks, EXPLORE scientific every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unistellar | EXPLORE scientific |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (100 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 584 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unistellar | JOC |
Customer experience
Unistellar
EXPLORE scientific
In-app purchases
Unistellar
No in-app purchases
EXPLORE scientific
No in-app purchases
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